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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 23]
and has arranged for the time factor to work under him or with his cooperation. Everything is actually done according to the will and direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but to make His devotee Dhruva the most important individual within the universe, the Lord has placed the activities of the time factor under his control.
TEXT 3
यथा मेढीस्तम्भ आक्रमणपशवः पंयोजितास्त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः सवनैर्यथास्थानं मण्डलानि चरन्त्येवं भगणा ग्रहादय एतस्मिन्नन्तर्बहिर्योगेन कालचक्र आयोजिता ध्रुवमेवावलम्ब्य वायुनोदीर्यमाणा आकल्पान्तं परिचङ्क्रमन्ति नभसि यथा मेघाः श्येनादयो वायुवशाः कर्मसारथयः परिवर्तन्ते एवं ज्योतिर्गणाः प्रकृतिपुरुषसंयोगानुगृहीताः कर्मनिर्मितगतयो भुवि न पतन्ति ॥ ३ ॥
yathā meḍhīstambha ākramaṇa-paśavaḥ saṁyojitās tribhis tribhiḥ savanair yathā-sthānaṁ maṇḍalāni caranty evaṁ bhagaṇā grahādaya etasminn antar-bahir-yogena kāla-cakra āyojitā dhruvam evāvalambya vāyunodīryamāṇā ākalpāntaṁ paricaṅ kramanti nabhasi yathā meghāḥ śyenādayo vāyu-vaśāḥ karma-sārathayaḥ parivartante evaṁ jyotirgaṇāḥ prakṛti-puruṣa-saṁyogānugṛhītāḥ karma-nirmita-gatayo bhuvi na patanti.
yathā—exactly like; meḍhīstambhe—to the pivot post; ākramaṇa- paśavaḥ—bulls for threshing rice; saṁyojitāḥ—being yoked; tribhiḥ tribhiḥ—by three; savanaiḥ—movements; yathā-sthānam—in their proper places; maṇḍalāni—orbits; caranti—traverse; evam—in the same way; bha-gaṇāḥ—the luminaries, like the sun, the moon, Venus, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter; graha-ādayaḥ—the different planets; etasmin—in this; antaḥ-bahiḥ-yogena—by connection with the inner or outer circles; kāla-cakre—in the wheel of eternal time; āyojitāḥ—fixed; dhruvam—Dhruvaloka; eva—certainly; avalambya—taking support of; vayunā—by the wind; udīryamāṇāḥ—being propelled; ā-kalpa-an- tam—until the end of the creation; paricaṅ kramanti—revolve all around; nabhasi—in the sky; yathā—exactly like; meghāḥ—heavy